The following information provides links to primary sources of information.
Artstor Black History Collections
- Discover Black history with Artstor and JSTOR collectionsIn honor of Black History Month, we have consolidated a list of varied resources available on the Artstor/JSTOR platforms, from licensed collections to freely available community generated collections.
- 23 Freely Accessible Black History CollectionsHappy Black History Month! A year ago we shared a selection of image and primary source collections on Artstor and JSTOR that focused on Black history. Today, we have more than 20 community-contributed collections to add to that list—all free to access and download on JSTOR.
Primary Source Databases
- African American Experience: The American MosaicThe widest ranging online database collection on African American history and culture.
- Archives Unbound (Gale Primary Sources)A multi-disciplinary resource, collections cover a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history. Particular strengths include U.S. foreign policy; U.S. civil rights; global affairs and colonial studies; and modern history.
- ARTstorArtstor provides faculty and students with a complete image resource in a wide array of subjects with the breadth and depth to add context and examine influences beyond the confines of your discipline. With approximately 300 collections composed of over 2.5 million images (and growing.
- A-Z Databases: Streaming VideosFind the best library streaming video databases for primary sources.
- Black Freedom Struggle in the United States: Challenges and Triumphs in the Pursuit of EqualityBy centering on the experiences and perspectives of African Americans, we (ProQuest) hope this collection imbues the study of Black history with a deeper understanding of the humanity of people who have pursued the quest for freedom, and the significance of movements like Black Lives Matter.
- Freedom on the Move - Rediscovering The Stories of Self-Liberating PeopleA database of fugitives from American Slavery
- History Reference CenterFull text history reference database featuring more than 2,400 reference books, 135 leading history periodicals, historical documents, biographies, photos, maps and video.
- Introduction to U.S. History: Slavery in AmericaA digital collection that documents the key aspects of the history of slavery in America from its origins in Africa to its abolition. Includes materials on the slave trade, plantation life, emancipation, pro-slavery and anti-slavery arguments, the religious views on slavery, etc.
- Journal of Slavery and Data PreservationIs a digital academic journal that publishes datasets and accompanying data articles about the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries.
- JSTOR Primary SourcesPrimary source collections currently available on JSTOR are multidisciplinary and discipline-specific and include select monographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, oral histories, government documents, images, 3D models, spatial data, type specimens, drawings, paintings, and more.
- Reference Solutions (Data Axle) - Was ReferenceUSAInformation available from this resource provides access to company name and phone number, address, key executives, SIC codes, employee size, sales volume, business expenditures, jobs and more.
- World Scholar: Latin America & the CaribbeanProvides a portal with access to reference, periodicals, multimedia, reports, studies, journals, newspapers, and statistical data. An archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad.
Archives
- African American Heritage - National ArchivesThe Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.
- African American Digital Collections - Library of CongressA great resource of primary source material on African Americans.
- African American Perspectives: Materials Selected from the Rare Book Collection - Library of Congress"African American Perspectives" gives a panoramic and eclectic review of African American history and culture and is primarily comprised of two collections in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division: the African American Pamphlet Collection and the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection with a date range of 1822 through 1909.
- The Black Beauty Archives Are Preserving an Important Piece of Black HistoryA New York–based makeup artist is working to ensure Black culture’s impact on beauty finally gets the spotlight.